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3.-FISHERIES.
Catch of Fish
N u m b e r of boats
s'and persons
engagced in fishing
Genera! Iufo:-:*;ai,ioii regarding
the industry ami the possibilities
of its lleveiopmei't
Kind of Fish
Quantity
Landed
value
Number of l>oats
engaged in fishing
Mullet. Red and
Grey
Bass
•Bream ...
Goby *..
Blackish
Gurnard -
Bonito ...
Cuttle Fish
Eels ...
Skate ..
Tunny ...
Scion ges
- 66 tons
£7,959
482 lbs.
Total
£434
£b.;;8**>
In!) (including 2
••ruing'' boats.)
; In the sea around Cyprus there are plenty of
' tish but unfortnnar.i-ly the Cypriot is not a fisher-
i man. few of them will go Jut except in the very
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lust of weather and ill consequence the supply of
; fish is not equal co tlie demand. T h e number of
' boats have certainly increased of late years there is
•ti
;
l however pie-ay of room for improvement,
possibly the employment of a drifter or trawler
-'might "lead, to die development of this most ira-
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portant industry and an increase in production of
' a verv valuable article of diet.
! T h e sponge fishing has since the year 1903 been
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entirely under the control nf the Government but
N u m b e r of persons
engaged in fishing
' of c:iui-se during recent vears there has l-*een a
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orlneipallv carried on by men from the (.reek
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Islands who arrive iu the I.-land in the spring aud
fish through the summer, areas are allotted to them
bv rhe Inspector of Fisheries on payment of a
fishing license and 20 or 25 per cent, of the catch
i in kind) is also paid to Government.
I'hiis :—
Naked diving and Harpoons ... 2U percent.
Machine diving apparatus ••• 2.5 „